“If people can have a social media relationship with a f*cking bag of candy, don’t you think they can have one with a premium wine brand that might have been part of a special occasion in their lives? Do we even need to ask this question?!??” In an excellent blog post, Joe Roberts joins the conversation about social media prompted by Steve Heimoff earlier this month.

“Wine can be a product of creativity; it can be made to express a feeling, and to have its drinker feel something. It can be a means of communicating an idea.” In Palate Press, W. Blake Gray asks “When Is Wine Art?“

“This year’s Hospices de Beaune auction has achieved a record sales total, raising over [$8.5 million], despite the smallest volume of wine on sale for three decades.” Panos Kakaviatos has the details.